I don’t watch as much anime as I used to, but I expect that I will always retain some interest in the art form. Now that my financial situation has improved from nightmarish to merely frightening, I can budget some occasional purchases. Noein and the first seasons of Slayers and Ah! My Goddess TV have been on my to-buy list for years. What I’ve read about Kurau and Moon Phase piqued my curiosity, and the discs were cheap. Mao-chan will give me an opportunity to compare the judgements of Steven and Zac Bertschy, and it might be a good show for youngsters. About UFO Princess Valkyrie — well, I suppose I ought to have a token fanservice title in my collection (Divergence Eve/Misaki Chronicles fails as fanservice: the character designs are too exaggerated, and the story and characters are too interesting). Steven says the story is pretty good, and there’s a bus full of catgirls. Finally, I generally prefer reading books to watching dramatizations of books, and Fuyumi Ono is a good writer.
Other items on my to-buy list: Gurren-Lagann, Baccano!, Moribito (books and DVDs), Witch Hunter Robin, Mysterious Cities of Gold (another possibility for youngsters), perhaps Negima!? and Seven of Seven. When they’re available, Oh! Edo Rocket and at least the first few discs of Soul Eater. I would add the rest of Utena, but it’s out of print and the company is bankrupt.
What I’m most looking forward to, however, isn’t anime. It’s been about 30 years since I watched The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. I would like to see if it’s as good as I remember.
The UFOPV boxed set you just bought is the first series and the second one. The second one is pretty good; the first one is garbage.
But it is indeed a fan service show, and on that score at least is a decent choice. But I think that Hanaukyo Maid Team La Verite is a better one; the fan service is just as good, but the story and characterization are much better. (On the other hand, HMTLV is a lot more expensive. I wonder if Funi picked up the rights to that one, and if they plan a budget re-release?)
I was about to suggest that you just check out the other sellers on Amazon since that is how I completed my collection of Utena. But then I looked and saw how much even the used copies of the box sets were going for. I guess I was fortunate that I was missing the first thirteen episodes rather than either of the Black Rose or Apocalypse arcs. My discs were a lot cheaper.
There is a boxed set of the first two seasons of UFOPV available, but the one I got is of the second season only, which I found quite cheaply.
Yeah, since that’s the one the two-season box replaced, I can see why the price on the second-season-only set was low. Good deal; you paid less, and aren’t really missing anything important.
They have remade “Reggie Perrin”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1336582/
Wow. This may be the first time on an English language Anime Blog anime blog that I’ve seen mention of THE MYSTERIOUS CITIES OF GOLD.
You are truly a gentleman and a scholar.
I feel a little less old tonight…thank you.